Cheaters are everywhere
Given the many doping scandals in sports like cycling and baseball, the New York Times‘ Dylan Loeb McClain points out that cheating exists in “mental sports” too: Accusations of cheating at the largest tournament of the year have the chess world buzzing ? and have tournament directors worried about what they may have to do ...
Given the many doping scandals in sports like cycling and baseball, the New York Times' Dylan Loeb McClain points out that cheating exists in "mental sports" too: Accusations of cheating at the largest tournament of the year have the chess world buzzing ? and have tournament directors worried about what they may have to do to stop players from trying to cheat in the future. The cheating is alleged to have occurred at the World Open in Philadelphia over the July 4 weekend and to have involved two players in two sections of the tournament. In each case, the player was suspected of receiving help from computers or from accomplices using computers. Neither player was caught cheating, but one player, Steve Rosenberg, was expelled. The other, Eugene Varshavsky, was allowed to finish the tournament but was searched before each round, then watched closely during games. Chess has always been considered a gentleman?s game, with an unwritten honor code. But the advent of powerful and inexpensive chess-playing computers and improved wireless technology has made it easier to cheat.
Given the many doping scandals in sports like cycling and baseball, the New York Times‘ Dylan Loeb McClain points out that cheating exists in “mental sports” too:
Accusations of cheating at the largest tournament of the year have the chess world buzzing ? and have tournament directors worried about what they may have to do to stop players from trying to cheat in the future. The cheating is alleged to have occurred at the World Open in Philadelphia over the July 4 weekend and to have involved two players in two sections of the tournament. In each case, the player was suspected of receiving help from computers or from accomplices using computers. Neither player was caught cheating, but one player, Steve Rosenberg, was expelled. The other, Eugene Varshavsky, was allowed to finish the tournament but was searched before each round, then watched closely during games. Chess has always been considered a gentleman?s game, with an unwritten honor code. But the advent of powerful and inexpensive chess-playing computers and improved wireless technology has made it easier to cheat.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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